It’s not clear whether Merita’s Birmingham bakery, located at the western end of Railroad Park, is part of the sale. Efforts to reach Flower officials were not immediately successful.

The Flowers deal is part of a sale of more than $800 million in Hostess assets approved today by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Drain. In addition to Flowers, the sale of assets was approved for deals involving Grupp Bimbo, Appollo Global Mgt. and C.Dean Metropoulos.